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Gym brah ftw! Right?  Lol! That would work but my DBs only go to 75lbs at the gym by the house. The one 20 mins away has a ton. :/

Maybe Ian but I'm basically quitting benching. Any type of decent weight/volume and my chest gets big enough to through of my shot in basketball. Sucks but I'd rather be a better baller at this stage over getting 'big'.

Had an intense skills session tonight and ended it with 30 mins of 1v1. Gah, that sucked lol! Another session in the morning and weights tomorrow night.

Oh, and I just learned an acquaintance (graduated with my little sis) is playing 'pro' ball in China. Very cool. We always have some intense battles when he's in town and he said he'd be in next weekend so very excited!

On the leg press there's also the issue of letting one foot, on the toe, to hold the entire leg press, while I take the other foot off to put the entire foot on the plate so I can then lower the leg press "plate" back (to re-rack it).

So at one point I have to hold it with just one foot, on the toe, which is dangerous. With a barbell I can just step back off the plate that I'm doing the calf raises off and re-rack it.

But how do you do it then? I mean you only have both of your toes in contact with the leg press plate... how do you establish full foot contact with the plate in order to lower the plate down? Without raising one leg off the plate?

Fuck. Body just shut down 45 minutes into my skill session. No motivation/energy, coordination went to hell, jumper felt horrible, bleh. Time to take a few days off. I figured this would happen eventually as I've been lifting or going through a skill workout (sometimes both) every day for almost 2 weeks. Going to relax til Friday and see how the body reacts.

This sucks.

Weeks worth of updating coming....

Monday Dec 16 2013

BW at low 170s. No injuries/soreness. Average energy and focus.

-Warmup

-Squat
(warmup) 225x3 275x1 315x1 365x1
(worksets/banded) 315x5 315x5 315x5 275x5. Time to add 10lbs.

-Calf raise (paused)
590lbs x8, x8, x8
SL 180lbs x15. Still a massive struggle on reps 12-15.

-Hypers
10lbs x10, x8, x8.

-Lunges
100lbs x8, x8, x8.

Back/bicep and core work. Light shot around after. Good workout.

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Wednesday Dec 18 2013

Played some pickup ball for 2 hours, nothing serious but it was decent. Couple of real clean dunks in between games.

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Thursday Dec 19th 2013

BW 171-174lbs. Body feeling ok. Good energy and focus.

-Warmups

-Deadlifts
(warmup) 225x3 275x1 315x1 355x1. Thought I had 365 loaded. lol extra fail!
(worksets) 315x5 315x5 315x4 (failed rep 5) 275x5. bah.

-Jump squat
50lbs x3, x3, x3. Supersetted with box jumps.

-Ham curls
120lbs x10, x10, x10
SL 60lbs x12.

-BSS
100lbs x6 (each leg). 3 sets. Good glute burn.

Chest/tri and abs circuit to finish. 10 mins of FTs afterward. Good workout, I have to reset after rep 3 on the DLs due to grip, if I used straps I think I could get all 5 at once instead of resetting but my grip strength would suffer so...I'll just keep trying.

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Sunday Dec 22 2013

3 hours of pickup ball. Had some of the college guys in town on break so some good competition (Devins been killing at DSU so far, won a few player of the week awards already. Good stuff!). Missed a 2 hand putback in one game but otherwise played pretty well. 


Oh, and I started a new job Friday. So that's great news.

Updates.....I'm not dead lol!

Lifted a few times since Christmas, same stuff as usual. Got sick on New Years and am almost back I think. Didn't have the energy to lift after work while sick. Anyway, new year, time for some renewed vigor and some gains!!!!!

I'll probably post some goals when I update after tonights weight session.

 

Ok, time to update.

Went to the doc Monday and got an x ray and MRI scheduled amd an appointment with a knee specialist. The dr didn't think I had any serious damage after some testing and said it was probably a strain or hyper extension of sorts (hence the referral to the knee specialist). So, Tuesday morning I'm getting ready for work and the knee "pops" again, short burst of pain and soreness immediately. I go to work and call my dr to see him again after work (fearing the worst). Funny thing is....by lunch...I was pain and soreness free?!?!  Went to see the dr anyway, he seems to think I have a tendon or ligament that is "loose" and is moving across a bone causing the pops and soreness (its being strained from being out of place).

Anywayyyyy....he still wants me to see the ortho and get an MRI to make sure but he gave me the go ahead to work my way back into lifting and hooping!

Needless to say I'm ecstatic. I shot and jogged tonight and am pain/soreness free so far!